Saturday, September 16, 2017





















Things are quiet around this feeder right now.

It's not because all the hummers are gone.  We still have quite
a number of them at the other feeders.  I suspect they are mostly
migrators at this time, but some may be from the Fernnook batch.

This pretty feeder, which was a birthday gift from Uncle Jim a few
years ago, is our favorite.  It hangs outside of the livingroom
window, and when we eat dinner, rather than watching TV,
we watch the Hummershow.

However, last year in late August, and this year as well, a
bully took over, and now the show has died down to one,
and only one, performer.

Last year we tried switching feeders, and then we tried
leaving this spot empty, and we tried other tricks, but nothing
worked to get rid of the bully.  So, we just put up with him,
and are thankful he doesn't muscle his way in until late in the season.

I suspect he is not a native Fernookian but is instead a migrant.
Obviously he learned his mean ways in another time and place.

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